In Lajitas, Texas, three generations of goat mayors kept the peace. Resources: https://www.houstoniamag.com/travel-and-outdoors/2013/11/west-texas-tour-november-2013 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lajitas-tx https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2227 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alcoholic-goatmayor-is-castrated-by-cowboy-174572.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/drinker-on-trial-after-mayor-got-his-goat-20020810-gdfj49.html
Aleister Crowley and the Austin Connection
“The Most Wicked Man on Earth” ended up with a huge collection of documents in an Austin insitution. Resources: https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00144 https://houston.culturemap.com/news/travel/02-23-14-strange-and-wonderful-treasures-with-magical-powers-can-be-found-at-austin-research-center/#slide=0 https://documents.pub/document/aleister-crowley-university-of-texas-at-austin-biographical-sketch-aleister-crowley.html https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/keasbey-lindley-miller
The Ghost Tracks of San Antonio
Near San Juan Mission is a set of a train tracks that act as the site of one of San Antonio’s most beloved ghost stories. Resources: https://ghostcitytours.com/san-antonio/haunted-places/haunted-railroad-tracks/ https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/San-Antonio-s-ghost-tracks-an-urban-legend-12315211.php
The Lake Worth Monster
In 1969, something with fur and scales attacked couples at a lover’s lane in Lake Worth. Resources: youtube.com/watch?v=kdYYmHZEenw
The Fanged Toddler of Old Persall Road
Is this story of a murderous baby more than just a creepy pasta? Resources:
The Devil Went Dancing in San Antonio
A San Antonio nightclub set the stage for a very bizarre encounter with the devil. Resources: https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/san-antonios-dancing-devil-of-el-camaroncito/Content?oid=2250845 https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/slideshow/San-Antonio-s-haunted-stories-and-urban-legends-211725.php https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/Artists-give-the-devil-at-the-dance-a-11281709.php
The Huebner-Onion House
Is it ghosts or just time that haunts this former stage-coach inn along Bandera Road in the Leon Valley portion of greater San Antonio? Resources: https://www.lvhistoricalsociety.org/blank-c1t1y https://ghostcitytours.com/san-antonio/haunted-places/huebner-onion-homestead/ https://www.ksat.com/holidays/2016/10/10/does-the-ghost-of-joseph-huebner-haunt-the-huebner-onion-homestead/
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Body
The most infamous Presidential Assassins’ body didn’t exactly rest in peace… Resources: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/obituaries/article187524003.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald#cite_note-275 The link below is the shooting of Oswald. It’s not pleasant. https://youtu.be/clif7ix7wgYhttps://youtu.be/r6PcVCqg3tg
The Case of the Missing Memoirist
Edna Gertrude Beasley wrote a memoir about her childhood in Abilene, Texas. The book was banned, but now the book is being reprinted and the mystery of her disappearance is worthy of a book all its own. Resources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/a-silenced-voice-of-texas-literature-is-finally-heard-again/
The Lady of White Rock Lake
To some, she’s the Lady of the Lake. To others she’s a mysterious, albeit wet, woman in white. Regardless, she is a fascinating ghost story for those up near Dallas. Resources: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91701121/hallie-enid-gaston https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 gendisasters.com/texas/22101/dallas-tx-three-youths-drown-in-white-rock-lake-may-1929 https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/10/17/flashback-girl-of-white-rock-lake-spooked-residents-in-1964/ https://www.dallasparks.org/235/White-Rock-Lake http://www.watermelon-kid.com/places/wrl/lore/ghost.htm
Texas: Slang for Crazy 